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Articles - May - 2025 Issue

The Antiquarian Outlook - April 2025 Review

Before heading into May, see what happened in Rare Books through April with THE ANTIQUARIAN OUTLOOK.

 

WEEK 17 (04/21): https://youtu.be/sxwewIBVMr4

WEEK 16 (04/14): https://youtu.be/MJ07Vxw9T_E

WEEK 15 (04/07): https://youtu.be/5FKAlrxp_70

WEEK 14 (03/31): https://youtu.be/XFoZM4IXVm8

 

The Antiquarian Outlook is produced by Spencer W Stuart, Collections Advisor. It is totally independent and its producers do not hold inventory nor represent any consignments or acquisitions mentioned.

 

ABOUT SPENCER W STUART

Spencer W Stuart is a collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints. He is the author of Contemporary Issues in Rare Books & Manuscript Collecting and host of the monthly webinar COLLECTING INSIGHTS.

 

COLLECTING INSIGHTS Webinars, May 2025:

 

Emerging:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/collecting-insights-emerging-may-6-13-20-tickets-1233959448929?aff=erelexpmlt

 

Expanding: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/collecting-insights-expanding-may-7-14-21-tickets-1234125936899?aff=erelexpmlt

 

Legacy:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/collecting-insights-legacy-may-8-15-22-tickets-1234178594399?aff=erelexpmlt

 

Contemporary Issues in Rare Book & Manuscript Collecting: 

 

 
Spencer W Stuart
Collections Advisor
 
604.363.1012

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    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    July 23, 2025
    DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500
    DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
    DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800
    DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.
    DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600
    DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: John Gould. The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.

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